Eat (It’s Not About Food) – Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory 2010

Jordan Brown is so excited to be involved in this production. He is a sophomore at Orange High School and has been seen in various productions around Cleveland. Previous roles include Sir Harry in Once Upon a Mattress at JCC Playmakers, Charlie Brown in You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown at Orange High School, Theodore in Spin: a Musical Myth at the JCC Playmakers / Cleveland Playhouse, Woof in Hair at JCC Playmakers, Bert Healy/Mr. Bundles in Annie at French Woods Festival, Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music at JCC Playmakers, and Charles Bates in Oliver! at Cain Park. He has had training from FPAC’s summer program and French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts. Jordan would like to thank his family for supporting and loving him. He would also like to thank the wonderful cast, everyone who has worked on this production and Fred for giving him this great opportunity. Jordan will also appear in FPAC’s upcoming production of Thirteen, a new musical in February.

Sean Cahill is a second year Political Science and English Major at John Carroll University. Previous FPAC credits include Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, Ensemble in Children of Edenand Greg Pierotti in The Laramie Project at FPAC. Other roles: Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors, Charlie Brown in You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Sandor Prantz in Bells are Ringing, Marcellus Washburn in The Music Man, Orgon in Moliere’s Tartuffe, and Uncle Stanley in George Washington Slept Hereamongst others. Sean sends many congratulations to the cast and crew of, EAT (It’s Not About Food) and thanks them for the fun and their hard work throughout the run of the show. He also sends many thanks to his friends at Carroll for their constant love and support. Much Love!!!

Olivia Chan is a fifth grade student at Leighton School in Aurora and is thrilled to be a part of Eat. She also has appeared at FPAC in Children of Eden. Olivia also performed as an understudy for Helen in A Christmas Story at The Cleveland Play House. Since a very young age, Olivia has modeled and appeared in numerous print ads, commercials, and industrial videos. She has studied piano and violin for five years and received multiple awards for her achievements in music. Olivia additionally loves dancing and engages in competitive dance. This past summer she won first place overall and platinum in Nexstar National Competition. In her busy schedule Olivia also enjoys swimming, drawing, reading, and writing.

Lauren Cole is a sixth-grade student at Hawken School is a thespian since the age of six. She attended Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory in 2009 and appeared as Milky White in Into the Woods. Lauren played Melinda in the recent Cleveland Play House production of Inherit the Windand was Helen in last season’s Cleveland Play House production of A Christmas Story. Other favorite roles were Molly in Annie and Louisa in The Sound of Music. Lauren has been active at Heights Youth Theatre appearing in Oliver, Peter Pan, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, and Annie and at Beachwood Community Theatre appearing in Cinderella, Annie, and Peter Pan. In addition to theater, Lauren enjoys biking, reading, and spending time with friends.

Cara Corrigan has trained at FPAC’s summer professional training program for two summer and appeared in Honk Jr. in 2010. She is thrilled to be a part of Eat tour! She has enjoyed playing many roles, including Berlioz in Aristocats at Olmsted Performing Arts, Annie in Annie at 82nd St. Theater, Vera in Stone Soup with the Akron Symphony Orchestra and Magical Theater Company, Tiny Tim in Bah, Humbug at Garfield Hts. Theatre, Lucille in Junie B. Jones at Magical Theater Company, Young Cosette in Les Miserables with Edwardian Players, Gretl in The Sound of Musicat OPA, Molly in Annie at OPA, and, her debut role at age 4, Holly in Santa Goes Commercial at the Beck Center. Cara is also a member of OPA’s Dance Company, with whom she recently performed at Disney World, she studies voice with Lynnette Guttman, and she has attended . In her free time, this homeschooler enjoys reading, all things nature, science, and crafts. She thanks Fred for this great opportunity (and is eager to work with him and the rest of this super-talented cast), her family for supporting her and driving her all over, and God for the gift of acting, singing, and dancing!

Nina Domingue was a faculty member of FPAC’s summer professional training program this last summer. She is very excited to be a part of Eat (It’s Not About Food) tour. It is a subject that she has always cared about. Nina was recently seen in Cleveland Public Theater’s critically acclaimed production of No Child… by Nilaja Sun, which was heralded as “must see theater” by Tony Brown. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts from Dillard University of New Orleans and a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from West Virginia University. She was named Best Actress in a Play in 2005 by the Cleveland Theater Collective for her work as “the lady in red” in Karamu’s production of for colored girls. In 2004 she received an award for “Memorably Distinctive Performances” in several shows at Cleveland Public Theater. Nina has several solo pieces, Mo Pas Conin and Wade in the Water, both set in her native New Orleans, and A Jewel of a Tale, recently performed in the Cleveland Playhouse Children’s Series, and a new play she’s currently writing about the adventures of motherhood. She made her Off-Broadway and National Black Theater Festival debuts in a piece entitled It Hasn’t Always Been This Way by Ntozake Shange, directed by Diane McIntyre. Nina has also been a teaching artist for over 12 years, teaching with Young Audiences, The Great Lakes Theater Festival, Karamu House, the Cleveland Play House, Cleveland Public Theater and The All City Arts Program. She would also like to thank her four biggest fans, Jonathan, Jinle, Jahi and Neliah, for all of their support and love. 1Thessalonians 5:18 In all things, give thanks…

Maryann Elder spent much of her career in Philadelphia as a performer and director. She worked with high school students for over 10 years in musical theater, directing The King and I, How To Succeed in Business…, Oklahoma! and Les Miserables, among others. Now back in her native Cleveland, Maryann has appeared onstage at the Beck Center, Ensemble Theater, Cain Park, JCC Theater, Actor’s Summit, Dobama, and the Cleveland Play House. She is the author of the two-character play Both Sides Of The Family, which chronicles her adventures as a non-Jew raising a Jewish child. Maryann lives in Gates Mills with her husband and (now teenage) daughter.

Alexis Generette Floyd appeared in FPAC’s production of Thirteen, a new musical! She also trained at Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory for three years. Alexis, a junior at Hawken School, has received critical acclaim for performances including Clarissa in Dream/Home with Dobama Theatre at the Cleveland Play House, Broadway with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra, Tiger Lily in Peter Pan at the Beck Center, Emmie in Caroline, or Change with Dobama and Karamu Theaters, and U/S Dorothy/Ensemble in The Wiz at Cain Park. She currently studies voice with Cynthia Wohlschlager at the Cleveland Institute of Music where she also studied violin for ten years. She has studied dance at Shaker Dance Academy, Duffy Liturgical Dance, Cleveland School of Dance, and the School of Cleveland San Jose Ballet. As grand prize winner of the 2009 Jean L. Petit Memorial Music Scholarship Competition, Alexis will sing with the Cleveland POPS orchestra at Severance Hall this season. She is an alumnus of the New York Summer Theatre Institute, and Camp Cleveland Play House.

Jessie Gill is absolutely thrilled to be a part of Eat! Jessie has been involved in theater since the age of seven. She has recently appeared as Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly at French Woods Festival of Performing Arts, Kendra in Thirteen, a new musical, Little Red in Into the Woods, Aphra/ u/s Eve in Children of Eden at FPAC, Applewood Video Project with WVIZ/PBS, Annie in Annie, and Tiger Lily in Peter Pan at Beachwood Theater, Little Jesus in The Pillowman at Dobama/Cleveland Playhouse, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Ado Annie in Oklahoma, and Lina Lamont in Singin in the Rain at Playmakers Theater, Jessie in Overrated Understudies for Time Warner Cable Productions, Ensemble in Oliver at Cain Park, and a vocalist in Contemporary Youth Orchestra Broadway Series at Cleveland State. Jessie loves FPAC and wants to thank every single person involved in this wonderful show!

Meghan Grover is a junior at West Geauga High School and is rapturous to be part of Eat. Favorite roles/shows include Cinderella in Into the Woods, various roles in The Laramie Project, a student in the The Applewood Video Project with WVIZ/PBS, a member of the ensemble of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Oliver!, Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, a story teller in Children of Eden and a posh girl in Scrooge. She has been training at Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory for six years. Thanks to Mitchell and Leslie :). Love to mommy and poppy.

Georgia Kostyack is a 7th grader at Green Valley Elementary School. She is interested in singing, dancing, and acting and hopes one day to be on Broadway. She has attended the summer program FPAC for two years and this is her first show with Fred and she is very excited! She has been in the following productions: Understudy in A Christmas Story at The Cleveland Playhouse, Twas The Night Before Christmas at The Carousel Dinner Theatre, several productions at Strongsville Community Theatre, including playing Winnie The Pooh in Winnie The Pooh. Georgia has also performed in various other community theatres. She was recently in BIG The Musical as part of the children’s ensemble with the North Royalton Players. She has also done some films around the Cleveland area. Georgia has studied with the Cuyahoga Community College Arts Prep program.

Jessica Kovalski is humbled to do such a powerful show and is excited to work with FPAC, for the first time! She is a recent graduate of Kent State Univeristy with her BA in Theatre Studies. She has recently been seen in The Grapes of Wrath (Rose of Sharon) You Can’t Take It With You(Alice) The Foreigner (Catherine)and The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Ensemble). She has worked with CVLT, Weathervane Theatre, Coach House Theatre, Willoughby Fine Arts Association, FPAC and Ohio Shakespeare Festival. Thanks to Fred, for opening so many doors after graduation:) Thanks to Mom, Dad and my Sissy’s for their never ending love and support. Love to: Mark Monday for being a continuous mentor, to my Sixpack, PALS, and Dustin, You guys keep me sane. Next up she’s Annelle in Steel Magnolias, at TrueNorth Cultural Arts.

Doug Kusak This show is Doug’s FPAC debut. Other professional theatrical credits include Bad Epitaph Theater (d.), the Bang & the Clatter Theatre, Beck Center, Cain Park, Charenton Theater, Cleveland Public Theatre, Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland SignStage Theatre (three national tours), the Dirty Shakespeare Company, Ensemble Theatre, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Lakeland Theater, Red Hen Theater, Theater Ninjas and TITLEWave Theatre. He appears as Marty Machody in the feature-length independent film “And the Winner Is…” Other work includes industrials, commercials, and voice-overs. He’s also working on stand-up comedy. For broadcast and recorded media he is represented by the Docherty Agency (216-522-1300). Hire him.

Ashleigh Nagy is a sixth-grader at Orchard Middle School in Solon, Ohio and is thrilled to be a part of this production. Ashleigh has trained at FPAC for two summers and has appeared there as Little Red Ridinghodd in Into The Woods, Ensemble in Children of Eden and Frog in Honk Jr. Ashleigh sings in the school ensemble, plays the piano and guitar, and has taken ballet and jazz since the age of three. She also has trained at the youth theatre program at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre. Ashleigh has performed at several theatres throughout the Cleveland area. Some other favorite roles include Gloria in Wait Until Dark and Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka. She has recently entered into the arena of film, having completed two Time Warner Cable Productions, a “Go Green” film promoting energy-efficient lighting, and two holiday films for a local online greeting card company. Recently she shot a film designed to educate American children about other cultures. Ashleigh would like to thank Fred for this wonderful opportunity as well as her family and friends for their never-ending love and support.

Courtney Nelson Eat is 12 years old and in the 7th grade. Past credits include: Helen in A Christmas Story & Little Roberts Girl / Elizabeth / Rhoda May Gruber in Heaven’s My Destination at The Cleveland Play House, Young Jane in Jane Eyre at Kent State University, Tiny Tim & Skate Girl in A Christmas Carol for 2 seasons at Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Young Abel in Children of Eden at Weathervane Playhouse, Little Red Ridinghood in Into The Woods and Children’s Chorus in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory, Workhouse Girl in Oliver! at Cain Park, Shprintze in Fiddler on the Roof at Beck Center and Gracie Shinn in The Music Man & Tessie in Annie Get Your Gun at Porthouse Theatre. She has been training at Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory for three years. Other interests include: Conchetti Ballet, piano and basketball. Thanks for this fantastic opportunity to work with Fred again.

Amy Pawlukiewicz is excited to be returning to FPAC after performing in their inaugural professional production The Odd Couple as Cecily Pigeon. She was recently seen as Catherine in The Foreigner with Porthouse Theatre, and can be seen next as Rosalba in Inoculations with Theatre Ninjas. Some previous shows include Elvira in Blithe Spirit, Chava in Pangs of the Messiah, Lila Green in A Loss of Roses, Kate Sullivan in Other People’s Money, Stenographer in Waiting for Lefty, Rocky in The Rocky Horror Show and Sorel Bliss in Hay Fever. Amy originated the role of Tom in Maureen Johnson’s work Limbo which was recently published by Samuel French/Baker Plays. She has worked with many area theaters including The Cleveland Play House, Cleveland Public Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, Charenton Theatre, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Lakeland Theatre, Red Hen Theatre, The Beck Center and the Mandel JCC. Amy is represented by the Talent Group.

Jessie Pollak is in 8th grade at the Solon Middle School and is very excited to be part of such an amazing cast! Since she was 7, she has been acting in singing in many shows. Some of her favorite roles were Lucy in Have a Good Summer Charlie Brown, Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio, and James in James and the Giant Peach, all at Beachwood Community Theatre. She has also been in two FPAC shows. She was Florinda in Into the Woods and Penny in Honk Jr. Jessie would like to thank her friends and family for their support and to Fred for putting on the best show possible! Enjoy the show!!

Juliette Regnier Juliet‘s most recent theatre credits include Dear World at Kalliope Stage, Oliver! at Cain Park, Pack of Lies at Cesear’s Forum & Shorn, part of a trilogy of plays, written and performed by Ms. Regnier and produced by Dobama Theatre. Locally, she has also performed at Cleveland Public Theatre, The Cleveland Play House, Great Lakes Theatre Festival & Ensemble Theatre. Regionally, Ms. Regnier has worked at the Indiana Repertory Theatre and with the Moscow Art Theatre in Boston in association with ART. Recent film credits include the following shorts: Parallel, The Forgotten Ones, Visit China & Head of the Company. Locally, Ms. Regnier has directed two critically acclaimed productions, Necessary Targets at Willoughby FIne Arts and Romeo & Juliet for Cleveland Shakespeare Company. Presently, she is working on the two companion plays to Shorn. The second play, tentatively titled, Soiled is also a screenplay. A vocalist as well, Ms. Regnier has created, arranged and performed in three cabaret shows, Shades of Blue, Flying Solo & the most recent, At the Threshold which debuted at Cain Park this past summer. In 2010, she will be going into the studio to cut her first recording. Interestingly enough, Ms. Regnier studied and trained as an actor with the Fairmount Center for the Creative & Performing Arts for three years during high school where she began to grasp acting as craft and put it into practice. She is married to actor, Michael Regnier whose unwavering love is her anchor and together they have three pretty incredible adult children!

Michael Regnier gratefully returns to work for Fred — in a new “role” this time — and at a new theater! A professional theater veteran for more than 30 years, Michael was a long-time resident-company Actor with Ken Albers’ Actors Company and with Cleveland SignStage Theatre, where he also served as Artistic Director and General Manager. At both companies he worked as a Stage Manager, as well, as he has at Great Lakes Theater Festival and Karamu. Recent Actor credits include The Beck’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and History Boys; Cesear’s Forum’s All That Fall; Cleveland Public Theater’s Psychosis 4:18; convergence-continuum’s Dark Ride and Buried Child; Dobama’s Ten More Minutes from Cleveland and The Receptionist/H.R; and Theater Ninjas’ Heddatron. Michael is a manager at Cleveland Heights’ historic landmark dwelling and bed-&-breakfast, The Alcazar. Sunguidess beauty Juliette – mystic seer, songbird actress and burgeoning playwright and director – is his wife and life-unifier, and Nova-the-basset-hound’s enabler. Beloved children are in Akron, Chicago, and Taos. Thank-you, Universe!

Jaime Rotsky is so honored to be working with such amazing people on such an incredible touring production! Previous roles have included Anne De Bourgh in Pride and Prejudice with Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory, Duffy in Annie, Young Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, and Robin the mouse in Cinderella with Beachwood Community Theater and Beachwood Theater Camp, a member of the ensemble in Joseph with Heights Youth Theater, a featured soloist/dancer in Oklahoma! with JCC Playmakers, and the Executioner in Alice in Wonderland with Solon Center for Arts. Besides acting, singing, dancing, and modeling, Jaime plays competitive soccer. She in in the eighth grade at Beachwood Middle School. Thanks so much to Fred for giving me this wonderful opportunity! Thanks to the outstanding cast and crew for creating such an outstanding production! And of course, thanks to Mom and Dad for everything!

CorLesia Smith is a freshman at John Carroll and is a former student of the Chagrin Falls Performing Arts Academy. She’s very excited to be in the touring cast of Eat (It’s Not About Food) with these amazingly talented people. Some of her favorite roles have been Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, The Cat in the Hat in Seussical, Angel in Celebration, Mother Miriam in Agnes of God and Julia Sullivan in The Wedding Singer. She has discovered that this show has as much to offer the actors as it does the audience and she’s very thankful for this experience.

Li Stebner has performed in over 25 shows in Northeast Ohio including at Carousel Dinner Theatre and the Cleveland Play House. She last appeared at FPAC as Asher in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She was also in the MTI showcase premier of Drowsy Chaperone at Stage Door Manor in New York. Her most recent performances were as Emily in Our Town at Youngstown Playhouse and Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank at the Ashtabula Arts Center. She has won YACTA best actress awards for her performances as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker; Mary Lennox in The Secret Garden; Gloria in Wait Until Dark; and Gladys in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Li is in the eighth grade at Willow Creek in Boardman, Ohio. Li enjoys studying violin and dance and has attended Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory for three years. Thank you Fred for the opportunity to perform in Eat.Fred Sternfeld most recently directed Children of Eden at FPAC, Yellowman at Karamu Performing Arts Theatre and Baby at TrueNorth Cultural Arts. At Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory (FPAC) he directed teen productions of Into the Woods and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as well as the inaugural professional production of The Odd Couple. Fred is widely represented on Northeast Ohio stages through diverse projects, garnering numerous honors and awards. Recently he directed the award-winning productions of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at Beck Center and Ragtime, the musical at the JCC. He previously served as Artistic Director at Lakewood Little Theatre – Beck Center for the Arts and the Cleveland, Seattle & Dallas Jewish Community Centers. Other selected credits: Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver!& The Sound of Music at Cain Park; The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife & The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek at Dobama Theatre; A Shayna Maidel, Jolson and Company, Man of La Mancha, Modern Orthodox, Rags, From Door to Door, South Pacific, The God of Isaac, Beau Jest, Crossing Delancey, The Twilight of the Golds, The Immigrant & Conversations With My Father for the Cleveland JCC; Bad Seed at Ensemble Theatre; Amadeus at Willoughby Fine Arts; Table Settings, Isn’t It Romantic, The Diary of Anne Frank & Broadway Bound at JCC Center Stage in Seattle; Peter Pan (1987 & 2008), On the Town, Of Mice and Men, La Cage aux Folles, Saturday Night, Foxfire, Noises Off, Children of a Lesser God & The Importance of Being Earnest at Beck Center; Proof at GLTG and All My Sons & Enter Laughing at the Dallas JCC. His next directing projects will be Steel Magnolias at TrueNorth Cultural Arts., Company and A Little Night Music for FPAC’s adult professional wing. For pictures and reviews for any of the shows listed you can go to this link.

Shambrion Treadwell is a Cleveland School of the Arts Senior drama major. She has been acting and dancing since she was seven. She has appeared in numerous plays such as: Black, Invisible Friends, and The Secret Life of Girls just to name a few. Shambrion trained in dance under the direction of Michael Medcalf, in his consort dance class for the youth. She is currently participating in the All City Arts Program where she performs in the vocal and dance ensembles. She also is a Educational Theatre Intern for Kaiser Permanente, where she performs health plays for high school students.

Luke Wehner‘s previous credits include The Crucible, Celebration, Sweeney Todd and The Three Sisters among others.

Dylan White is a 16 year old sophomore from Columbiana, Ohio and an AEA membership candidate. Dylan last appeared on the FPAC stage in Romeo & Juliet as Peter and Levi in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He is also an alumnus of Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory’s Summer Training. Since then he has appeared at Great Lakes Theater Festival in MacBeth as Boy McDuff. At Ohio Shakespeare Festival he was Balthazar in Romeo & Juliet, and a singing page in As You Like It. He recently won a Marquee Award for the part of Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Weathervane Playhouse. Dylan’s extensive resume includes Titanic, All Shook Up, Sweeney Todd, and On Golden Pond, all at Youngstown Playhouse, To Kill A Mockingbird at the Canton Players Guild, and Waiting for Godot at Kent Trumbull. He is currently touring with Canton Players Guild’s Page to Stage in Alice in Wonderland as the Mad Hatter/Rabbit . Dylan also enjoys doing film work . He co-hosted smARTS for Time Warner Cable last season and has four tv shows, and five movie credits. Dylan enjoys reading and studying the real-estate market.

Stephanie Wong is a junior at Hathaway Brown School, and is usually part of the tech crew for musicals or plays such as Funny Girl and Metamorphoses. However, she made the transition from tech to acting as a sophomore in the Hathaway Brown Playwriting Festival. Since then she has been in Once on this Island at Hathaway Brown. She attended her first year at the Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory this past summer, and has also attended Dance for the Broadway Stage through FPAC. She ice skates regularly and has trained in ballet, jazz, hip hop and contemporary. Stephanie is thrilled to participate in Eat (It’s Not About Food).